Touring Bequia

While on anchor in Admiralty Bay we took great pleasure in finally getting some time together with fellow Canadians, John & Marie on Metalia. Barry first met them in Emerald Bay Marina, Great Exuma Island, Bahamas. We were delighted when our paths crossed 3 months later in Grenada. Regretfully, they were flying home (Penetanguishene) and we were off to Trinidad so once again our time together was all too short. Our paths seemed to always be crossing but never for long so it was wonderful to finally have a few days together in Bequia. We look forward to when we'll meet again.
During our time in Bequia we took a guided tour which included the turtle sanctuary, which was regretfully closed, as well as sight-seeing on the island. We recieved information on some of the native fruits such as guava and tamarind and took great pleasure in the beauty of the island's bounty of flowers.
While walking the beach we came upon a local diver who had succeeded in capturing (what we believed was) an electric eel. The eel was very much still alive and looked amazingly strong. The diver had a very firm grip on it as he repeatedly rubbed the eel down with sand, we believe to remove its charge.
It was quite an interesting sight to see.